pride and prejudice | pride and prejudice
Mar.26.2013
Though hardly enough is known about Jane Austen's too-brief, non-celebrity life, there is one biographical certainty we can surmise from this distance: No one ever asked her whom she'd pick to play Mr. Darcy in the movies.
May I weigh in? ("Insolent girl!" Lizzie Bennet would scold.) I do so...
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Feb.01.2013
I certainly hope that some of my books will have the impact and longevity of Pride and Prejudice. But then, perhaps books on the internet will last forever. They won't have the weight and heft of these, however. [DE]
Jane Austen as pictured in the portrait discovered by Dr Paula...
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Dec.13.2012
A Darcy worth his britches.
Yesterday, I went to see the National Arts Center play Pride and Prejudice with my husband. My son and daughter in law got me tickets for my birthday.
It was a charming production, beautifully staged. The actors well cast. During the show, I enjoyed...
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Aug.07.2011
A while ago, a reader on my Facebook Author Page asked how one goes about creating effective characters. Here are some thoughts--and a few examples from books I've enjoyed.
1. The character should be dynamic and driven by a strong passion. So it's a good idea to give the character a powerful...
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Aug.06.2011
How Mitzi Szereto came to write her scandalous version of the Jane Austen classic!
http://mitziszereto.com/blog/does-my-countenance-look-fat-in-this-pride-and-prejudice-hidden-lusts/
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Jan.21.2011
How does one determine whether a film adaptation of a book is a good one? In the first place, for a well-written book that is brought to life by the writer’s words with just a little help from the reader’s imagination, why should a film adaptation be necessary at all? I haven't watche The Boy in...
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Jan.20.2011
I don't spend any time watching "films" from Europe or Bollywood, so I'm probably woefully ignorant of good book adaptations that have been done. So be it. I must draw from my primarily middle-brow American experience.
Alice Hoffman is correct: books are primarily "internal"...
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Nov.19.2010
Who is one of the most well known heroin of literature? Elizabeth Bennet, of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. I love her character, she's spunky, independent, has a sharp wit and an even sharper tongue. She's skilled in everything that is truely important. Most of all she knows how to go for...
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Nov.19.2010
Who is one of the most well known heroin of literature? Elizabeth Bennet, of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. I love her character, she's spunky, independent, has a sharp wit and an even sharper tongue. She's skilled in everything that is truely important. Most of all she knows how to go for...
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Jun.16.2010
Miss Jane AustenSomewhere in Heaven Dear Jane, Okay, that's a bit presumptuous. I have no right to call you by your given name. I mean, you called your betrothed "Mr. Darcy." I'll bet you didn't call him that after you were married, but I'm off purpose.I want to thank you from the...
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